The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
3:10 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2394
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 | 145.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.0° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -27.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.98° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.34° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.