The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
5:04 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1726
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.7° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.80° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.75° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.