The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
12:55 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.43° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.99° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.