The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2168
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
8:24 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3038
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 | 201.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.44° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.99° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.