The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
12:23 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.59° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.92° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.77° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.