The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2060
Waning Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
4:55 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 27.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.91° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.61° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.