The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
12:33 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -91
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.42° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.07° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.