The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1948
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
8:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 316
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.90° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.46° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.