The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 2186
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3261
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 | 75.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.32° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.85° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.