The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1906
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
7:21 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -204
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.9° / 182.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.49° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.06° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.