The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 2016
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
9:12 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 213.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -9.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.24° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.84° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.