The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 2061
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
12:06 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1714
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.87° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.58° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.