The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 2014
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
4:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1132
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 | 300.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.69° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.12° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.