The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
1:16 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1652
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 | 98.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.67° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.54° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.