The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
1:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 243
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 | 119.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.11° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.19° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.