The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1910
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
5:15 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -153
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.58° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 175.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.