The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 2000
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
1:05 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 959
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 | 260.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.33° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.28° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.