The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1940
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
10:31 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 217
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 | 228.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.11° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.03° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.