The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1971
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
9:45 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 14.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.05° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.19° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.