The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1928
Waxing Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
11:58 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 69
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 | 56.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.23° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.21° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.