The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1900
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
4:27 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.43° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.