The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1949
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
7:44 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 328
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.4° / 200.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 28.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.86° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.08° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.