The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
1:06 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 143
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 | 113.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.59° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.30° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.