The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
4:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 650
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 | 161.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 346.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.21° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.93° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.