The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1970
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
9:39 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 219.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.30° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.63° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.