The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
4:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1553
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.5° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.45° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.33° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.