The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2198
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
11:14 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3408
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 | 48.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.66° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.27° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.