The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 19, 2020
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
8:27 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.5° / 147.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.05° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.93° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.