The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1929
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
6:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 305.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.12° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.