The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1930
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
6:14 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 94
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 | 310.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.8° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.79° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.32° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.