The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
3:05 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1553
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.61° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.52° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.