The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2106
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
1:43 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2270
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.77° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.06° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.