The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1911
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
6:29 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -142
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.1° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 27.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.69° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.97° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.