The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1943
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
12:16 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 254
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / -0.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.81° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.64° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.