The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
1:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2259
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 | 121.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.42° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.18° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.