The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1901
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
10:22 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -265
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 | 58.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.44° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.09° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.