The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2020
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
10:15 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.15° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.77° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.