The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
4:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.2° / 8.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.93° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.31° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| 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.