The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 2057
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
2:11 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1664
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.08° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.46° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.