The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 1958
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
11:50 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 440
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.86° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.