The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2066
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
9:26 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1776
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.78° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.38° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.