The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 2157
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
10:30 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2901
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.92° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.81° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.