The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1970
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
11:02 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 229.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.54° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.16° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.