The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1973
Last Quarter
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.38° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.90° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.