The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
11:25 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 236.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.64° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.98° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.