The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
1:33 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2592
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.76° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.53° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.