The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1977
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
11:46 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 675
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 | 62.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.58° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.39° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.