Moon Information For August 20 2018 (United States Minor Outlying Islands)

Moon August 20, 2018 (United States Minor Outlying Islands)

The Moon information shown here applies to Johnston Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands on Monday, August 20, 2018. (Local time Pacific/Johnston)

Moonrise to moonset	12h27m
Moonrise	14:51
Moonset	02:24
Distance to the center of the Sun	151,353,934 km
Distance to the center of Earth	400,132 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)	69.9%
Lunar phase	waxing
Current zodiac sign the Moon	Sagittarius ♐
Moon age (days past new moon)	9.3

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in August 2018.

Astronomical Objects	Date and Time	Degrees Apart
Moon and Aldebaran	August 6	Aldebaran is 1.1 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Venus	August 14	Venus is 6.4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Jupiter	August 17	Jupiter is 4.8 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Saturn	2018-08-20 23:55	Saturn is 2.4 degrees South of the Moon.