The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
11:50 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 243.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.66° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.