The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1955
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
9:33 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 36.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.00° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.76° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.