The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2053
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1615
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.17° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.39° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.63° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.