The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1943
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
12:12 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 255
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 | 245.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.45° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.97° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.