The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 1955
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
10:37 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 403
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.48° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.07° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.