The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1973
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:29 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.90° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.47° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.