The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 1977
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 675
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 | 75.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.02° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.16° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.