The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2178
First Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3162
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.26° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.54° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.23° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.