The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2076
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1900
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.99° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.36° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.