The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2000
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
12:02 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 243.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.37° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.40° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.