The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2112
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
7:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2344
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.7° / 185.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.33° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.83° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.