The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1911
Waning Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
5:18 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -141
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 | 312.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 27.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.29° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.02° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.