The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
5:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -30
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.66° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.90° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.