The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Waning Crescent
37.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
3:20 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.39° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.91° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.