The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2129
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
11:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2556
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 | 62.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.92° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.07° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.