The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 1906
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
9:24 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 14.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.40° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.19° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.