The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
3:18 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -190
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.4° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.48° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.27° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.