The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1933
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
8:11 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 131
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 | 353.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.6° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.45° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.49° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.