The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 1948
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
6:28 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 186.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.01° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.07° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.