The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2042
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
10:35 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.30° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.32° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.