The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1938
Waning Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
3:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 192
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.69° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.50° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.13° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.