The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
1:11 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 848
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.80° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.32° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.