The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2023
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
11:38 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 53.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.09° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.43° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.