The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 1978
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
9:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 687
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 | 215.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -7.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.25° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.23° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.