The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
5:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.47° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 212.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.