The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2023
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
11:18 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1244
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 10.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.23° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.67° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.