The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1981
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
12:06 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 725
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 | 244.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.94° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.60° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.