The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2119
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
6:36 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2432
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:05 AM, is deepest at 11:47 AM and ends at 1:29 PM. Totality lasts from 11:13 AM to 12:21 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.35° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 184.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.