The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1976
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
4:42 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 299.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.60° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.27° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.