The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1960
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
7:18 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 465
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 | 340.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.5° / 171.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.36° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.62° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.