The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 1944
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
10:02 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.80° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.57° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.