The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 279
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.7° / 342.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.68° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.48° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.