The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1939
Waxing Crescent
37.2% 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
1:11 PM
11:46 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 75.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.76° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.48° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.46° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.