The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
5:37 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2060
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.25° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.36° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.