The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1966
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
11:00 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 540
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 | 58.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.61° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.30° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.