The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1918
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
6:06 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 314.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.47° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.