The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1996
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
11:57 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 65.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -2.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.99° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.58° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.