The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
3:00 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -55
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 | 139.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.02° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.28° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.