The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2150
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
7:24 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2815
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.9° / 187.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.79° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.78° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.