The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2009
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
8:22 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 136.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.24° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.50° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 328.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.