The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1969
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
11:56 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 576
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -3.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.61° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.97° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.