The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1825
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 | 161.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 348.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.93° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.14° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.