The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2071
Waning Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
4:18 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1838
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.75° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.85° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.