The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2199
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
7:03 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3420
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.2° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.75° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.82° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.