The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1981
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
1:05 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 260.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.01° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.49° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.