The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 2191
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
8:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3323
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 | 7.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.85° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.68° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.