The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1940
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:37 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 217
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 | 206.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.91° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.63° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.