The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2161
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
7:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2951
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 | 350.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.80° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.25° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.