The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
1:47 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 7
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.08° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.53° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.