The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1590
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 | 166.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 335.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.81° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.73° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.