The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 2023
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
11:58 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1244
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.04° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.19° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.