The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
6:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -54
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 | 172.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 331.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.29° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.