The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 1911
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
2:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -142
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.90° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.25° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| 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.