The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
1:57 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1653
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 | 122.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.96° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.79° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.