The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 2106
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2270
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 253.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.65° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.84° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.