The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
3:24 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 280
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.76° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.35° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.