The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2008
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:33 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1058
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -12.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.16° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.05° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.