The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 180
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.43° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.