The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
1:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.94° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.98° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.