The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1921
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
7:02 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -18
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 | 187.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.60° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.