The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2130
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
5:47 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2567
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:47 PM, is deepest at 8:34 PM and ends at 10:21 PM. Totality lasts from 7:47 PM to 9:21 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.09° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.