The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 1947
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 304
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.83° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.39° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.41° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.