The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
3:28 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.71° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.59° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.