The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
3:55 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 650
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 | 150.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.2° / 21.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.46° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.12° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.