The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2062
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
7:06 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1727
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 | 185.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 308.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.56° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.98° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.