The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 1960
Waning Crescent
1.3% 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
5:29 AM
8:01 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 464
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 153.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.72° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.32° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.