The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
2:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.76° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.30° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.