The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2017
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
7:45 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1170
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.2° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.23° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.83° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.