The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2081
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
10:52 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1961
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.60° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.58° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.