The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
3:20 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 848
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 | 146.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.60° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.70° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.