The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2017
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
8:18 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 349.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.79° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.51° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.