The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
1:27 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 117.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -22.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.77° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.54° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.