The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
1:05 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2593
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.58° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.99° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.