The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1962
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
9:49 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 489
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.31° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.04° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.