The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 1997
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
9:18 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 922
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.95° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.04° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.