The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1905
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
10:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -215
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.00° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.07° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.