The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 1989
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
9:32 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 823
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 | 218.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.02° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.44° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.