The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1962
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
11:01 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 236.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.84° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.24° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.