The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1987
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
7:59 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 798
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 | 336.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 78.2° / 182.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 28.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.35° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.45° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.