The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
10:51 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 226.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.66° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.78° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.