The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1960
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
6:29 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 464
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 | 326.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.00° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.82° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.