The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1948
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
8:25 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 201.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 296.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.57° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.77° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.