The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
10:02 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1207
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 109.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.39° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.57° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| 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.