The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% 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
3:52 PM
12:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1888
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.57° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.18° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.