The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2099
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
11:21 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2184
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.73° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.68° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.