The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
1:08 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 7
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.84° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.74° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.