The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1938
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
5:34 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 192
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 | 310.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.97° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.60° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.