The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2144
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2740
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.81° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.22° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.