The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2111
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
6:55 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2332
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.49° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.04° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.