The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
5:38 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1826
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.24° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.62° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.