The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
3:10 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.68° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.75° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.