The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
12:14 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 107
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 | 104.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.47° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.62° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.