The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
11:30 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.87° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.23° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.