The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2080
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
11:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1950
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 | 70.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 104.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.26° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.31° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.69° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.