The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2123
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
7:41 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2481
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.05° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.65° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.