The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
12:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2828
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 | 107.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.40° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.40° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.