The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
4:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 153.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.3° / 6.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.54° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.98° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.