The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2168
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
7:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3037
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.68° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.45° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.