The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2088
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
10:28 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2049
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.63° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.35° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.