The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1909
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
9:51 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 51.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 114.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.95° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.97° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.