The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
2:49 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
-
Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.12° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.79° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.