The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
2:34 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 144
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 | 135.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.71° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.58° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.