The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 1952
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
9:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.22° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.01° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.