The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% 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
5:12 PM
2:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2827
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.22° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.54° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.