The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2079
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
12:50 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1936
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 | 256.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.57° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.44° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.