The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
4:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1455
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.8° / 357.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.97° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.60° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.