The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2065
Waning Gibbous
82.7% 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
10:57 PM
10:37 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1763
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.65° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.41° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.