The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1919
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
2:22 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -43
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.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.58° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.11° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.