The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
1:22 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
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Saturn and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 79.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.80° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.50° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.