The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2039
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
9:35 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1442
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.4° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.61° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.00° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.