The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1959
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
8:03 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 452
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 | 200.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.20° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.23° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| 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.