The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 1978
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
6:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 687
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 | 187.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.29° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.85° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.