The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1993
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
9:46 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 874
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.72° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.16° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.