The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2098
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
1:09 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2171
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.11° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.25° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.