The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2169
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
7:23 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3050
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.4° / 190.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.15° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.59° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.