The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 2007
First Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
12:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.81° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.15° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.