The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2187
Waxing Crescent
7.8% 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
8:41 AM
11:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3272
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.82° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.76° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.