The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1282
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 | 96.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -26.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.75° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.01° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.