The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1942
First Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
1:04 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.00° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.92° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.