The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2065
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
11:29 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1764
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 | 233.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.55° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.95° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| 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.