The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2016
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
8:07 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 201.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.58° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.65° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.