The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
1:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 79.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.59° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.17° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.