The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2001
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
10:01 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 972
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.85° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.39° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.