The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
9:24 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.92° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.81° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.