The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 2021
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
6:37 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.39° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.66° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.