The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 1916
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
12:53 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -80
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.29° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.97° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.