The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2109
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
2:34 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2307
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.39° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.44° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.