The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 22, 1957
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
4:40 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 300.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.69° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.17° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.