The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 1965
Waning Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
12:48 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 526
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 | 257.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.95° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.08° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.