The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
4:38 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1924
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.9° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.99° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.32° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.