The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1903
Waning Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
5:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -241
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 | 320.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.76° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.14° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.