The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2073
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
9:42 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1862
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.81° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.00° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.