The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1984
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
3:25 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 762
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 | 279.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.57° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.70° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.64° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.