The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
2:48 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2159
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 | 138.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.72° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.13° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.