The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1914
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
7:05 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -104
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 182.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.16° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.17° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.