The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 1920
Waxing Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -30
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 | 76.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.26° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.38° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.57° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.