The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 20, 2144
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
11:58 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2740
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.01° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.