The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 2123
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
7:49 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2480
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.3° / 166.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.10° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.08° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.