The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
3:23 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.1° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.83° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.51° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.