The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 23, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
1:05 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3161
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.53° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.36° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.