The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1970
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
10:55 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 233.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.96° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.83° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.