The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2159
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
11:48 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2926
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.37° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.40° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.81° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.