The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 1962
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
1:20 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 263.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.55° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.66° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.