The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 2103
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
10:01 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2234
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 | 217.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.16° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.