The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2017
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
7:20 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.0° / 183.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.88° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.26° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.