The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2025
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
5:28 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1268
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.38° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.33° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.