The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2012
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
10:06 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1108
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 | 29.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.22° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.90° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.