The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1900
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
3:51 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.11° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.27° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.