The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2006
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
7:36 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 330.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.0° / 208.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 28.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.29° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.01° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.