The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 2099
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
11:45 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2184
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.19° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.44° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.