The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
12:50 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3298
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 | 110.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.58° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.80° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.