The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 2142
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
7:41 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2716
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 153.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 10.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.59° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.45° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.