The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
12:06 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -92
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 | 114.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -23.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.07° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.60° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| 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.