The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
5:31 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 344.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.70° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.02° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.