The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1927
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
12:47 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 56
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 | 257.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.35° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.48° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.