The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 2176
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
10:39 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3136
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 101.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.01° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.98° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.