The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1946
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
12:36 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 291
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 | 255.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.42° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.29° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.