The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
12:51 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -228
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 | 113.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.64° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.82° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.