The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
3:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 515
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 | 150.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.5° / 16.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.14° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.56° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.