The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
5:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2295
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 | 164.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.40° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.77° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.