The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2145
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
9:31 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2754
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 | 27.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 118.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 1.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.02° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.41° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.