The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
2:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2494
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 | 130.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.89° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.39° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.