The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
11:45 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -128
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.84° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.90° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.