The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1948
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
7:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 197.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.00° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.26° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.