The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
1:03 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2876
Events on this date
-
Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.27° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.16° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.