The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1924
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
12:40 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 20
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 | 250.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.26° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.38° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.