The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1992
Waning Gibbous
62.6% 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
11:57 PM
12:56 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 860
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 | 255.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.64° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.47° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.