The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1998
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
7:17 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.7° / 183.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.76° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.44° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.