The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
5:18 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 984
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 | 171.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.6° / 313.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.14° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.33° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.