The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
3:05 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2493
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.29° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.73° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.