The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
1:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.58° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.29° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.