The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2015
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
11:26 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 65.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.27° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.46° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.