The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2005
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
6:05 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1021
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.97° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.