The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2178
First Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3161
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.79° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.79° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.