The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
10:44 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1058
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.98° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.45° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.