The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2016
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
9:13 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 209.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.02° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.17° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.