The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2141
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
9:55 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2704
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 | 215.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.78° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.