The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1932
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
10:15 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 118
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.11° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.22° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.