The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2073
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
8:43 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1862
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 | 208.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.50° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.80° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.