The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1984
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
2:28 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 761
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.60° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.11° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.