The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2102
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
11:44 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2221
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.64° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.80° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.