The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 2083
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
12:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1986
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.96° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.16° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.