The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 2180
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
7:46 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3185
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.27° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.61° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.