The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1928
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 69
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 | 68.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / 1.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.80° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.97° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.