The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1944
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
11:05 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.72° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.07° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.