The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1930
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
3:54 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 93
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 | 290.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.30° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.28° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.55° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.