The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1910
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
6:27 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -153
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 | 191.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.51° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.70° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.