The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1993
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
11:12 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 56.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.79° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.22° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.