The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 1995
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
3:11 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 897
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.95° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.07° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.