The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 23, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
12:49 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -30
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.22° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.12° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.