The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 1913
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
9:28 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -117
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -5.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.65° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.15° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.