The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1941
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
6:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 230
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 | 333.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.95° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.79° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.