The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2023
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
10:56 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1244
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.40° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.91° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.