The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2054
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
8:47 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1628
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.60° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.56° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.