The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1924
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 20
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 | 262.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.39° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.58° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.