The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1951
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
8:20 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 353
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 | 205.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.08° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.63° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.