The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1929
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
7:48 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 194.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.63° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.98° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.