The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1954
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
3:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.97° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.31° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.