The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1959
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
10:12 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 452
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 | 225.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -4.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.11° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.62° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.