The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1958
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
11:14 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 440
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 | 51.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.59° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.44° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.