The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2011
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
12:43 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1095
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.71° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.04° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.