The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
2:38 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.40° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.11° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.