The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 2131
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
7:20 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2580
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.3° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.31° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.97° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.