The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 1994
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
6:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 885
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.32° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.