The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 2066
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
7:51 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1775
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.6° / 167.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.90° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.87° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.