The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1901
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
10:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.64° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.85° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.