The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
4:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 153.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.5° / 4.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.43° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.19° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.