The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
1:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -227
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 | 131.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.09° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.10° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.