The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
3:30 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2159
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.9° / 29.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.55° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.93° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.