The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
5:15 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 166.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 334.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.46° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.51° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.