The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2006
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
5:32 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 306.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.09° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.53° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.