The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1946
Waning Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
3:11 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 292
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.08° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.04° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.