The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1906
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
7:59 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -202
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 | 7.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 146.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.71° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.13° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.