The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 2151
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
3:23 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2826
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.94° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.01° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.88° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.