The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1974
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
9:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 639
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 | 40.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.43° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.97° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.