The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
12:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -92
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -26.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.64° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.40° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.