The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2049
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1566
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.30° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.17° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.