The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 2106
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
10:38 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2270
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 | 229.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.24° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.43° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.