The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2022
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
3:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1231
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.21° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.47° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.