The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
2:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.58° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.71° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.