The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
5:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2901
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.31° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.