The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2046
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
8:52 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1528
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 | 209.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.05° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.40° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.