The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1985
Waxing Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 774
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 | 72.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.38° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.56° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.