The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
2:09 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 66.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.05° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.10° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.