The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 2012
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
9:43 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 38.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.57° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.36° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.