The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2123
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
9:11 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2481
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.39° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.42° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.