The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2091
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2085
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 0.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.39° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.03° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.