The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1951
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
10:47 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 353
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 | 232.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.35° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.02° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.