The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2007
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
11:59 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.06° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.60° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.