The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 1905
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
10:14 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -216
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 | 238.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.18° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.54° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.