The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
3:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 153.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.9° / 13.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.79° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.93° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.