The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2133
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
11:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2605
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.17° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.37° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.