The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
2:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1689
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 | 122.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.38° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.71° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.