The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1909
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
11:03 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -166
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 5.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.80° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.27° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.