The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2020
Waxing Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
11:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.46° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.31° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.