The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 20, 1908
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
1:04 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -179
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.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 7.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.13° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.39° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| 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.