The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1938
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
2:16 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 192
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.16° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.91° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.