The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
3:11 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 279
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 | 138.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.12° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.87° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.