The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1936
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
10:23 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 168
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 | 36.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 106.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.75° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.88° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.