The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
3:00 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 141.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.1° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.54° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.99° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.