The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
2:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2729
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 | 126.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.85° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.80° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| 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.