The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2111
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
8:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2333
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 | 198.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.87° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.58° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.