The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2000
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 959
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 | 248.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.38° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.07° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.