The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1966
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
12:06 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 75.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.73° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.37° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.