The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2092
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
10:07 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2098
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 | 220.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / -0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.38° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.15° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.