The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 2060
Last Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
2:11 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1701
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.14° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.86° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.