The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2069
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:01 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1814
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.37° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.16° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.