The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2041
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
2:21 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1466
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.89° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.06° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.