The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
12:13 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -228
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 | 100.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.21° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.04° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.