The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
3:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 279
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.7° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.75° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.68° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.