The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2160
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
8:31 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2938
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.19° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.83° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.