The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2066
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
7:56 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1776
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.75° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.68° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.