The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1962
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
12:19 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 246.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.00° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.77° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.