The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1966
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
11:10 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 34.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.00° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.09° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.