The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 2097
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
9:00 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2158
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.8° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.22° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.09° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.