The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1984
Waning Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
1:27 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 761
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 | 264.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.56° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.88° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.