The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 2089
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
9:23 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2060
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.72° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.24° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.