The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1996
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
11:43 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 71.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.71° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.04° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.