The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
2:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -18
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.11° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.31° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.