The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1902
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
8:15 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -252
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.27° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.28° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.