The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1932
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
11:06 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 119
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.58° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.75° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.