The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2000
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
10:01 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 959
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 | 225.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.34° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.65° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.