The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
1:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 848
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 | 124.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -24.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.86° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.11° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.