The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
3:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 140.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.89° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.16° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.