The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1966
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
11:39 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 539
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.83° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.84° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.