The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2113
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
12:38 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2358
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 | 101.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 86.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.86° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.78° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.