The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
2:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2307
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.46° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.97° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.