The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2084
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
12:10 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1999
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 | 241.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.63° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.74° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.