The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1960
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
7:17 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 464
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.2° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.85° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.07° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.