The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 1924
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 19
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / -1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.84° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.