The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1946
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
1:44 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.18° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.51° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.