The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 1905
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
11:49 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 252.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.86° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.28° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.