The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2012
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
9:35 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 116.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.04° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.15° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.