The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1992
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
3:02 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 860
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 | 278.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.79° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.98° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.91° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.