The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1995
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
5:50 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 897
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.54° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.78° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.