The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
1:50 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2629
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.65° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.95° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.