The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1955
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
11:05 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 403
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 | 54.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 101.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / -2.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.92° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.82° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.