The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2032
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
7:28 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1355
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.88° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.85° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.