The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2004
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1009
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 | 71.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.68° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.