The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 2050
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
10:36 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1578
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.94° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.27° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.