The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2049
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
4:06 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1565
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.34° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.09° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.