The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1985
Waxing Crescent
8.5% 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
8:57 AM
11:05 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 774
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 | 33.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.44° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.28° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.