The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2163
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2976
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.42° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.35° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.