The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1927
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
1:58 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 56
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.59° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.69° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.