The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1990
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
8:06 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 835
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 | 340.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.2° / 166.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.08° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.88° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.