The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
1:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 243
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 | 105.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.70° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.09° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.39° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.