The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 2179
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
9:59 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3174
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.16° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.