The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 22, 1946
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
2:55 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 11.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.19° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.73° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.