The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1963
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
9:48 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.37° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.00° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.