The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1917
Waxing Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
9:05 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -67
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.62° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.20° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.