The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 1950
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
11:59 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 341
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 | 66.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.25° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.79° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.