The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 20, 2099
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
10:56 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2184
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.12° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.93° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.