The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2006
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
6:38 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 318.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.8° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.30° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.77° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.