The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 2139
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
7:33 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2678
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.5° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.23° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.21° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.