The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1947
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
11:13 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 304
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 | 35.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.27° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.90° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| 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.