The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2085
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
7:36 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2010
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.57° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.01° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.