The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2050
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
9:35 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 34.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 117.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.45° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.98° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.