The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 1956
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
7:09 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 188.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 304.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -13.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.17° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.88° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.