The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 2100
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
6:14 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2196
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 183.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.08° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.19° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.