The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
3:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2395
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 | 150.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.1° / 15.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.57° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.81° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| 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.