The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 2060
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
3:25 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1701
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 | 284.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.25° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| 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.