The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
7:38 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -9.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.67° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.56° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.