The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 2089
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
7:26 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2060
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -12.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.01° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.03° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.2° |
| 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.