The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
4:51 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 81
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 | 167.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.7° / 319.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.91° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.91° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| 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.