The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 2004
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
11:52 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1009
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 | 59.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.65° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.99° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.