The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1921
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
7:57 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -18
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.47° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.86° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.