The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 2138
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
6:25 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2666
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.34° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.