The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 20, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
1:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2258
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 | 107.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.82° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.93° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| 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.