The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1909
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
11:25 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -166
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / 0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.67° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.03° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.