The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
4:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 155.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.3° / 4.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.62° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.71° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.