The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1932
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
12:08 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 119
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 | 241.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.54° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.95° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.