The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1943
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
1:22 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 254
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 | 263.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.42° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.85° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.