The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2061
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
10:52 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1715
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 | 63.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -13.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.83° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.51° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.