The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -128
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 | 112.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.08° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.69° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.