The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 1950
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 341
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.07° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.56° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.