The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2101
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
5:47 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2208
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.6° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 26.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.92° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.34° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.