The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2118
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
10:04 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2420
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.52° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.56° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.