The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1900
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
4:50 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.44° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.50° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.