The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 21, 2155
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
2:27 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2876
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.83° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.43° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.