The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
12:33 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 143
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 | 100.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.99° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.51° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.