The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 2096
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
9:58 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2148
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.47° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.01° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.