The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 20, 1942
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
12:30 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 242
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 | 83.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.35° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.14° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.