The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 2107
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
9:26 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2282
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.35° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.39° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.