The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 2171
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
12:13 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3074
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.53° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.42° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.