The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2023
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
10:23 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 46.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.06° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.12° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.