The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 1921
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
8:53 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -18
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.33° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.06° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.