The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2067
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
1:53 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1789
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.19° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.59° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.