The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2103
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
8:38 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2233
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.33° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.62° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.