The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2060
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
5:54 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1701
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 25.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.33° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.55° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.