The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1979
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
7:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 700
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 177.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.74° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.19° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.