The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 22, 1974
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
10:43 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 638
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.14° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.27° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.