The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
4:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1256
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 | 169.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.5° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.33° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.