The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1931
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
12:09 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 106
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 | 82.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.69° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.36° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.