The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 1911
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
6:12 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -141
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.95° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.26° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.