The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
1:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3198
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.32° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.73° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.