The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 2011
Last Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
2:40 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1095
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.48° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.48° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.