The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1921
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
9:49 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -18
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.20° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.26° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.