The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2057
Waning Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1664
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.58° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.82° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.