The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 2185
Last Quarter
46.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
2:18 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3247
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.15° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.47° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.