The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2180
New Moon
0.2% 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
6:22 AM
8:37 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3185
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 134.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.55° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.24° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 20.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.