The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 2085
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
9:42 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2011
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.61° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.56° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.