The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
3:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1924
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 | 152.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.7° / 16.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -27.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.22° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.52° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.