The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
1:41 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -91
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 | 138.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 72.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.73° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.88° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.