The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% 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
6:53 PM
2:55 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -26.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.11° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.10° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.