The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1951
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
10:44 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.93° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.36° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.