The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2001
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
9:11 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 971
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.8° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.81° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.64° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.