The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 20, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
3:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.72° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.75° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.