The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 2166
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
4:47 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3012
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.69° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.11° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.