The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 22, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
4:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.4° / 345.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.57° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.72° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.