The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1978
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
9:18 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 688
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 | 210.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.94° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.56° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.