The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
3:10 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2865
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.0° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -26.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.41° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.41° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.