The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
2:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 279
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 | 127.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.78° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.08° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.