The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1979
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
7:01 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 332.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.0° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.21° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.63° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.