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Moon Information For August 20 2017 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Moon August 20, 2017 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

The Moon information shown here applies to Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory on Sunday, August 20, 2017. (Local time Indian/Chagos)

Moonrise to moonset11h57m
Moonrise06:00
Moonset17:57
Distance to the center of the Sun151,366,745 km
Distance to the center of Earth367,688 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)5.5%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonCancer ♋
Moon age (days past new moon)27.3

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 2017.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and SaturnAugust 3Saturn is 3.8 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranAugust 16Aldebaran is 0.4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusAugust 19Venus is 2.3 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Beehive2017-08-20 13:15Beehive is 3.2 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterAugust 25Jupiter is 3.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnAugust 30Saturn is 3.9 degrees South of the Moon.

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