The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 2042
Waxing Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1479
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.20° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.39° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.