The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 2070
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
6:49 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1825
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 308.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.46° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.24° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 27.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.