The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 2109
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
3:29 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2307
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 | 288.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.26° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.67° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| 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.