The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1989
Waning Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
11:58 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 823
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.84° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.