The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 22, 1963
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
10:27 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 502
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 | 22.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.75° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.74° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.