The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
2:10 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 129.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.68° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.33° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.