The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1974
Waxing Crescent
23.8% 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
11:28 AM
11:14 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 58.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.63° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.03° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.