The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2000
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
11:01 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 959
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 | 236.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.73° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.37° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.86° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| 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.