The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
1:50 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1652
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 | 112.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.97° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.33° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.