The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2019
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
9:42 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.23° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.22° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.