The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1940
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
10:14 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 218
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.24° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.34° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.