The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1989
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
10:58 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 228.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.92° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.96° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.