The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1948
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
7:25 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 317
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.72° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.59° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.