The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1947
Waxing Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
10:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 305
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 | 56.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 103.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.96° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.37° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.10° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.