The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
5:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2766
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.80° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.81° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.