The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
2:31 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 61.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.48° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.30° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| 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.