The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2045
First Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1516
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -13.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.19° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.99° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.