The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 22, 1985
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
11:57 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 774
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 | 59.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.32° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.80° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.