The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
2:22 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1924
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.53° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.91° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.