The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
1:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2728
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 | 119.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.14° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.35° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.