The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1929
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
5:46 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.84° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 189.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.