The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2053
Waxing Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1616
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 | 84.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.22° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.85° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.