The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2130
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
8:07 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2568
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.92° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.37° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.