The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
2:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.78° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.41° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.