The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 2047
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
8:09 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1540
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.4° / 155.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.41° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.30° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.