The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
1:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 713
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.58° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.77° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.