The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 22, 2024
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
7:27 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.02° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.24° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.