The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 2197
First Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3396
Events on this date
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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 | 84.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.24° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.97° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| 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.