The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 1909
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
10:15 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -166
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 | 37.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.81° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.75° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.