The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1921
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
9:36 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -17
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 | 213.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.57° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| 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.