The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 2085
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
9:16 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2011
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.75° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.81° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.