The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 1961
First Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
12:42 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 477
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.18° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.33° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.