The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2006
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
7:04 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1034
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.3° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 26.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.52° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.32° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.