The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
1:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 8
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 | 108.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.09° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.20° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.