The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2197
Waxing Crescent
34.2% 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
11:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3396
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.99° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.20° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.