The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
5:21 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 163.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 346.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.60° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.77° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.