The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1901
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
10:27 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -264
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.38° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.33° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.