The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
3:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1925
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.1° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.24° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.