The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1959
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
9:09 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 452
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 | 212.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.87° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.42° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.