The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 1939
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
11:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 66.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -4.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.65° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.00° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.