The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2100
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
7:26 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2197
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 307.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.86° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.