The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 2053
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
12:11 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1615
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 | 78.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.36° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.35° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.40° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.