The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 2104
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
8:29 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2245
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 | 353.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.0° / 139.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.52° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.51° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.