The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2180
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
7:44 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3186
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 | 353.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 151.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.52° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.06° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.