The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1925
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
9:33 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 32
Events on this date
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Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 116.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.62° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.38° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.