The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 2103
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
9:54 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2233
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.25° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.81° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.