The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 1976
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
3:21 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 662
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 | 285.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.21° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.50° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.