The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
1:25 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -30
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.29° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.90° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.