The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 1944
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
10:35 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.81° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.32° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.