The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2004
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
10:44 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 55.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.96° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.70° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.