The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2122
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
9:54 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2469
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.98° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.8° |
| 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.