The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
2:39 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 143
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -27.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.11° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.90° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.