The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2057
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
12:08 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1664
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 | 249.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / -1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.81° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.03° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.