The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1956
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
6:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 415
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 315.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.30° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.