The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
6:09 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 172.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 332.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.86° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.62° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.