The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1928
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
11:09 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 70
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 | 60.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.01° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.68° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.