The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2005
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
7:40 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 301.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -10.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.81° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.77° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.