The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% 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
5:58 PM
2:48 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 984
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.46° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.91° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.