The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 1952
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
9:54 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.00° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.76° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.