The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 2055
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
5:31 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1639
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.66° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.36° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.