The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2047
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
7:48 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1541
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 | 350.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.6° / 151.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.31° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.86° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.