The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2195
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
6:29 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3372
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 322.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.94° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.