The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 2040
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
5:23 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -25.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.37° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.