The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
3:06 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1554
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.89° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.20° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.