The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
3:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2530
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.86° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.35° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.