The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1959
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
8:58 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 206.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.13° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.75° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.