The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
12:28 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3161
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.34° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.57° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.