The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
3:13 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.64° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.92° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.