The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1978
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
10:32 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 687
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 | 229.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.65° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.43° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.