The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
4:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2160
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.7° / 4.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -24.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.03° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.41° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.