The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Waxing Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
11:51 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1145
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.29° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.01° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.