The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
3:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1120
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 | 150.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.34° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.52° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.