The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1913
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
9:18 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -116
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 | 221.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.95° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.47° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.