The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2046
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
9:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1528
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 | 220.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.07° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.60° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.