The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2020
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
10:45 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.89° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.54° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.