The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 2046
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
10:40 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1529
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 | 224.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.20° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.15° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.