The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 1916
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:59 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -80
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.07° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / -6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.19° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.