The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1988
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 811
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 | 74.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.20° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.17° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.