The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
12:33 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -129
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.71° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.00° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.