The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 1966
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 62.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.43° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.61° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.