The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1957
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
5:39 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 427
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.7° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.11° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.41° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.