The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 2188
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
8:01 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3284
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.4° / 169.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 24.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.23° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.09° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.