The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2003
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
1:21 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 996
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 | 263.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.66° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.46° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.