The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
4:03 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 23.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.74° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.56° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| 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.