The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3001
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.62° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.00° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.