The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
3:33 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1590
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 | 142.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.53° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.11° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.