The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
2:52 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 44
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 | 132.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.56° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.69° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.