The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 2022
Waning Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
4:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1231
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.40° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.70° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.