The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2158
Waning Crescent
11.8% 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
2:45 AM
6:38 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2913
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.0° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 26.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.93° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.79° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.