The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
4:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1590
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 | 154.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 7.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.49° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.92° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.