The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1940
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
9:19 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 209.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.42° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.15° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.