The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1957
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
2:39 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 276.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.14° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.71° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| 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.