The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
2:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.32° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.12° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.