The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
3:25 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.4° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.98° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.91° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.