The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2134
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
10:47 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2617
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.32° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.94° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.