The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 2006
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
8:24 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 342.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 76.4° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.07° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.26° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.