The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2128
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
4:44 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2543
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.00° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.06° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.