The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2007
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1046
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 | 83.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.95° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.37° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.