The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1920
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -29
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.54° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.04° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.