The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
2:00 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1418
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 | 122.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.03° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.61° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.