The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1905
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
12:07 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -216
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.97° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.96° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.