The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2198
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
9:50 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3408
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 | 219.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.20° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.41° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.