The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 1969
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 576
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 | 79.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.44° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.74° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.