The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2011
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
1:27 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1096
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.54° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.