The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2141
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
8:53 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2703
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 | 209.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.16° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.25° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.