The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 1921
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
10:33 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -18
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.79° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.13° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.