The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
2:12 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -190
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 | 141.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.66° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.45° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.