The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 2081
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
7:54 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1961
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.82° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.41° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.