The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2158
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
5:32 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2913
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 | 306.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 25.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.42° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.55° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.