The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 2012
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
10:36 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 2.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.62° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.65° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.